2012 kia Sportage engine problems

KIA notified me of a KSDS recall for my engine in July 2021. I went and had the recall software installed at a KIA dealership in August 2021. On October 10, 2021, as I was driving down the freeway, my car lost power and the engine light illuminated. (Due to the installation of the KSDS software recall) Took the car to Valley KIA of Fontana. They told me that my vehicle was not covered by any s…

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WE HEARD A THUMP FROM OUR 2012 KIA SPORTAGE. WHEN WE GOT HOME, MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE ENGINE AND HE FOUND WE HAD NO OIL. WE NEVER HAD A CHECK ENGINE OR OIL LIGHT COME ON AND NEVER HAD AN OIL SPOT UNDER OUR CAR. WE TOOK IT TO OUR KIA DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, I REALIZE WE WERE VERY LUCKY WE WERE AB…

The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sportage. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V750000 (Engine). The contact stated there was an abnormal knocking noise detected and the vehicle went into limp mode. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who informed the contact that the rod bearing had failed. The vehicle was not repaired. Th…

It died when we turned it on but we didn’t think it started so we started it again and it was fine. Then 1 hour later we were driving and check engine light came on and it turned off then the car was dying. When I pulled over to let it cool down the car wouldn’t turn back on and when I checked under the hood there was oil all over the engine and the cap was there, it was smoking.

KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE, HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AS WELL AS KIA DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT (FRANKLIN, TN), BOTH DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS NEEDED A NEW ENGINE ($5000-7,000). THIS VEHICLE AS 145,000 MILES, OIL CHANGED AT EVERY 5000 MILES. THERE IS NO EXPLANATION OR REASONABLE CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE EXCEPT FOR MANUFACTURING.

2102 KIA SPORTAGE 2.4L WITH THE THETA II ENGINE; ENGINE FAILURE WITH 74,000 MILES. ON MARCH 10, 2018 DRIVING FROM ATHENS, GEORGIA TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA ON I-95 SOUTH. AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM IN THE AFTERNOON, ON A CLEAR DAY, GOING 70 MPH IN THE LEFT MOST LANE OF THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED SHAKING AND KNOCKING THEN SEIZED AND SLOWED TO A CRAWL. VERY CAREFULLY HAD TO GET OVER THR…

MY WELL-MAINTAINED KIA SPORTAGE ENGINE SPONTANEOUSLY SEIZED CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER PROVIDING ALL MAINTENANCE RECORDS, KIA REFUSED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE TO SPITE IT SEIZING FOR NO REASON.

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 20-25 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP, THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL "CATASTROPHIC" ENGINE FAILURE. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, LEE JOHNSON KIA IN KIRKLAND, WA. THEY CONFIRMED THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS OF CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. IT APPEARS THE ENGINE STARVED ITSELF OF OIL AND EXACT…

2012 KIA SPORTAGE LX 2.4L MPI ENGINE WITH APPROXIMATELY 120K MILES ENGINE SEIZED AT MODERATE SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE. CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED BOUGHT SECOND HAND FROM BRANDON KIA IN TAMPA, FL IN JULY 2018 WITH APPROX. 92K MILES. ENGINE SEIZED ON 14 DEC 2020. TOWED TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND ANALYZED AS REPLACE ENGINE. WE READ ABOUT THE KIA/HYUNDAI ENGINE PROBLEMS SO WENT TO LOCAL KIA DEALER TO I…

ROD BEARING WENT OUT STARTED KNOCKING THEY KNEW THEY HAD BEARING WEAR ISSUES WHY DIDN'T THEY RECALL ALL ENGINES